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[HTC Rezound] triton302:
Found an easy solution for anyone looking to fix this, and brave enough to open their phone.

I pulled it apart and found the LEDs. Took a red sharpie just for testing purposes and colored one of the LED's, as well as the clear plastic "tab" that connects to it. Powered the phone up and viola, a red button! I am going up to Walmart here shortly and get some red translucent paint and paint over those pieces instead of just sharpie. Best part is the light leak is barely noticeable now, the darker red doesn't show up on the screen in the dark.
[HTC Rezound] IXIKelsonIXI:
Haha. Any solution that involves pulling the phone apart doesn't sound easy to me.

Rabble rabble rabble.
[HTC Rezound] Apsalus:
I got it through the Amazon penny sale so swapping it is not an instant gratification as if I bought it from a retail location. :( No sense in swapping it if I can't check the new one for pink keys before I accept it.

Any warranty seals that you have to break to open it? The sharpie idea is pretty neat. I'd much rather have white keys, but as pointed out, it's the digitizer that's tinted red so I won't get that wish unless the digitizer can be modified somehow.
[HTC Rezound] yojoe600:
let us know how the paint does ... may have to do this
[HTC Rezound] pwrdbykyank:
guys just as a warning, i wouldnt paint over the LED if i were you lol you wont get any light out of it 1, and 2 you can cause the led to short or heat and cause other damages. As for painting the plastic which leads to the digitizer thats different. Also for warrenty there is a sticker on one of the screws, if taken off gently it wont tear and you can place it back again.
[HTC Rezound] triton302:
I decided to go the sharpie route for right now. If it holds up then great, I can return this candy red hobby paint. I went over the LED's once with the sharpie, colored the plastic tabs as well. Turned the phone on, looks MUCH better. I'll let it dry for an hour then maybe hit it again one more time before reassembling it.
[HTC Rezound] pwrdbykyank:
ya but keep in mind for sure you cant use paint. If you paint it, no light from the LED will come through, plus the paint will eat at the LED itself and will stop working indefinitely.
[HTC Rezound] triton302:
Depends on the paint. The type I got was a transparent candy red, I've used it before on a set of bulbs on my old car for the instrument cluster. Worked well and was clear enough for plenty of light.

However, I'm not to sure about the paint eating away at the LED. So hopefully the sharpie method works.

Pic of the final product. Goodbye pink!
[HTC Rezound] pwrdbykyank:
looks good
[HTC Rezound] Apsalus:
Yeah, I'm not ballsy enough to fsck with smd LED's that size, especially in something as critical to day-to-day life as my phone haha. The sharpie route is awfully tempting. Before I do that, I feel like asking HTC's CS what is up with this BS though.
[HTC Rezound] justinglock40:
Can I get a tutorial for this?
[HTC Rezound] pwrdbykyank:
if you guys want, another easy do it yourself mod i posted here

HTC logo on battery door painted red

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19739141#post19739141
[HTC Rezound] triton302:
I'd definitely ask them. Probably just a bad batch of digitizers that were not colored correctly. If you're thinking about doing this, go for it. Well worth it to get rid of the pink. The only pink I like belongs to my women... lol ;)

I can give a brief tutorial, as I really don't want to have to take the phone apart again, lol.

To start, power off the device. Remove the battery cover and take out the battery, along with the SIM card and SD card. You'll notice six T5 hex screws holding the red cover onto the chassis, one of which has a VOID sticker on it. Before you proceed, double and triple check to make sure you want to open this phone. I tried being extremely careful to preserve the VOID sticker, but they're so fragile and broke it anyway.

If you're ready, use a T5 hex screwdriver and remove those six screws. Next you're going to need a plastic pry tool, like the ones used to open iPods. Starting at the top is easiest, be very careful not to use too much force and break something. You might have the volume control buttons and the power button come loose, that's perfectly fine just lay them aside. After removing the red cover, you'll expose the back of the system board. From here, take a very thin flathead screwdriver and push the actuator cable out of the socket (the vibrate motor), then remove the small philips screws in the top right corner and the lower left corner. You'll also notice the metal bracket that goes around the charger port may come loose as well, lay it to the side.

Once you've done that, simply turn the system board over carefully without damaging the ribbons, and there you'll see the four LED's at the bottom, along with the earpiece and the front camera at the top. If you're worried about dust getting up under the screen and glass, don't. That area is pretty well-sealed, but still be careful anyway. Next, take you red sharpie and start coloring in on the top of the LED's. You might see that the fluid will dry up in certain spots, it's okay just keep coloring in and fill the entire LED surface. Let that dry and move to the back of the screen, down at the bottom you'll see four plastic tabs that go to the buttons on the digitizer. Color those as best you can as well. If it helps, remove the rubber insulator around the HOME button's plastic tab, just remember to put it back when finished. Let it dry for about 15 minutes or so, go back and color in again to add another "layer" if you like, not necessary though.

Once you're finished, you can test by powering on the phone and making sure all of the LED's are working properly. Reassembly is the exact reverse, just make sure you replace the charging port bracket, the power button and the volume buttons as well. Power the phone on and enjoy the red buttons! :D
[HTC Rezound] Marcismo55:
Taking thing's apart that small makes me nervous! Good lookin out on the instructions which would obviously work for those who want to replace those LEDs as well.
[HTC Rezound] triton302:
Haha, no worries it's simple really. I work on cars and computers as my hobbies, so taking a phone apart is simple as cake. Just take your time and be easy, no problems.
[HTC Rezound] Apsalus:
Generic reply from "Victor" - "talk to your carrier to get the handset replaced."
[HTC Rezound] con247:
One thing also, I bet you could buy a new warranty sticker on eBay to stick on.
[HTC Rezound] triton302:
Update... I've been using my phone quite a bit this past week and the keys are still nice and red like they were after using the "sharpie" method.
[HTC Rezound] IXIKelsonIXI:
Wanted to give you guys a heads up. I sent my phone to the OP at the beginning of the week, got it back today. Looks sick! Very red, they all look the same color too (instead of some being darker). He managed to get my void sticker back on, too. So if anybody has pink buttons and wants a permanent fix, let the OP know you are interested.

Rabble rabble rabble.
[HTC Rezound] Naisaelee21:
@triton302 Tried your method and it worked out really well...thanks for the heads up..got tired of looking at the pink buttons lol
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
I've just finished the sharpie method as well and it worked beautifully!!!

I was a little afraid as this was the first time I had ever dug deep into a phone, but lo and behold I now have red buttons :)

Upon first boot, I did get a bootloop and freaked out a little bit, but a battery pull and restart and it's all good!
[HTC Rezound] triton302:
Glad to see you folks have red buttons again, bye bye fugly pink! :D

Mine are still nice and red, so I don't think the sharpie will wear off anytime soon, and I use my phone heavily during the day indoors.
[HTC Rezound] awenthol:
Turning the amps to the factory LEDs down, makes a huge difference as well....
[HTC Rezound] variable7:
I laugh now to think I almost didn't do it!

First off many thanks to pwrdbykyank, you've helped me rid myself of the "fugly pink". I did the sharpie method and it worked beautifully. My results are a deep, rich red color and I'm very glad I went through with it. I think Triton's photo above most resembles what my buttons look like now.:)
[HTC Rezound] triton302:
Good stuff!
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
Quick update. Over the past week, I have noticed that my LED's have definitely lightened up a bit. They are still a nice shade of red, but the search button is starting to lean toward hot pink. Also, when I look down the screen to see the LED's, I can see a hot pink light bleed, not the deep red that it was originally.

Overall, this is actually okay with me as the buttons were pretty dark and dim in the daylight after my original mod. However, if this lightening continues, I will have to try to experiment with some red film or some transparent red paint for a more permanent solution.
[HTC Rezound] triton302:
Did you color both the LED and the plastic tab that makes contact with it? Try touching the LED up again if it's starting to turn pinkish, could be that you colored over it too much and it smeared itself. Applying the red sharpie method is like applying paint, do a coat at a time. Let the red sharpie ink dry then color over it again. Mine are STILL nice and red, and I haven't touched them since doing the modification.
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
Yea I colored both. I did do them a coat at a time... waiting probably a 45 seconds to a minute between coats. Sharpie seems to dry pretty quickly. But the weird part is that they were deep, dark red at first and then started to lighten up a bit with time. Perhaps it's because I used a Bic Red Permanent Marker instead of a Sharpie brand... If that's the cause for me to have to crack open my phone again! :sigh:...
[HTC Rezound] triton302:
Maybe, I used a genuine red sharpie and let it sit about 15 minutes between "coats".
[HTC Rezound] treadwayj:
with it being a "red" film could you use different colour leds like yellow and get orange keys or blue and get purple keys?
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
Yes I believe so as long as you leave your LEDs white and apply a complimentary film color.

I just want my phone to look like a male owns it though. Hence my Desire to remove the pink.
[HTC Rezound] treadwayj:
i was thinking more of using a different colour led. wish htc would have used a multicolour led and had an option to change the colours on the fly. i wouldnt having the pink during october since it would match my hair for breast cancer awareness
[HTC Rezound] triton302:
Unless you like having odd colors, you have really only three options....

Leave it pink, turn the LED's off if the ROM has the option, or color them back to red either with coloring them or replacing the LED's themselves. Using blue or green or purple won't work properly since it isn't a clear film like the Thunderbolt or EVO.

I honestly like the red on this phone, after getting a nice theme put on I call it my "Droid Vigor". Who says it has to have an official "Droid" title? :)
[HTC Rezound] Apsalus:
They were talking about using LED's of complementary colors to red to achieve a different color: "using a blue LED with the red digitizer tint would net a purple-ish light."
[HTC Rezound] Cheshire:
Nothing to see here!

[This post has been rescinded.]
[HTC Rezound] wxjay:
Yeah, same here. I want to do one of these mods and want to get it done soon. I am nervous to take my phone apart though! (I would only attempt the Sharpie method myself, not the LED route).
[HTC Rezound] 06stang:
Great ideas. If I had the guts to tear into my phone I'd do this in a heartbeat. I've noticed HTC has problems with their softkeys. My Inc2 had the glowing white circles around the rotating keys. Maybe when the Inc3 comes out and I use my upgrade I'll finally be able to do this mod on the retired Rez
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
I just colored my buttons for a second time today... now to wait and see if they last this time.

I used a genuine sharpie and let the buttons dry about 5 minutes between coats and did 3 coats on both the LEDs and the tabs. Fingers crossed!
[HTC Rezound] swunder:
Wow thats pretty cool... I didn't realize there were so many varying degrees of 'redness'.. I thought it was just pink buttons or the correct red ones.

I'd like to see blue or green done.. or hell yellow. Any color would be cool.
[HTC Rezound] 06stang:
Just called an HTC rep and she told me it's normal to have pink keys and there is no problem. Said its the first time she's heard anyone complain about it
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
This is the reason I hate dealing with sales reps in general. Goodness I won't go there. Either she was lying or she really doesn't know

Anyway, the rezound is supposed to 100% have red keys. Never have I heard or read anywhere that it was supposed to have pink accidents. :banghead: correct me if I'm wrong, and I will un- :banghead: lolol :rolleyes:

Lolololol. :D back to bed, was listening to Mariah Carey's MTV special from the,early 90s. - epic Lol. :p
[HTC Rezound] 06stang:
Just got back from the Verizon store. Talked to a really cool rep that tried to help me out. I'm under 14 days so we tried to swap out Rezounds. We tried three and they all had the same pink buttons if not worse. One was even a white/pink. He believed me because the store demo phone was dark red not pink.

We ordered a brand new one from Verizon to swap it out. I'll see on Monday I guess
[HTC Rezound] zonbal33:
My first Rezound had pink buttons, took it back to the store I bought it from and told them about the buttons, they thought I was nuts. There floor model was pink too so I kind of looked bad. They said that we all see "red" differently, LOL. Make a long story short, took it to a different VZW location, they had two demo Rezounds on display. The first one, which was the one everyone saw when they came in the entrance was pink. The greeter said it's normal they are all like that. Well I kept looking and I found a second Rezound in the back almost hidden, it was red as blood. I went back to greeter told him about it, he immediately got me a CSR. The guys face was priceless. They asked me a bunch of dumb questions trying to act like they could troubleshoot it, they're idiots. After an hour of them rebooting my phone LOL and myself making a scene they finally agreed to swap. The first one they brought out was like night and day, nice red. She finally admitted that I was right, but most reps could careless and will avoid the issue. If it bothers you take your phone back, you don't have to stick with it, get what you payed for. Now I have red buttons and soon ICS, I'm a happy camper now.
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
So it has been 2-3 weeks since that last time I did my buttons and they're finally going hot pink again. They still appear to be red from the front of the phone, but the lights that I can see when I hold the phone at an angle are back to pink, so I know it's just a matter of time before the buttons are pink again.

This time I will be trying to fix the issue with red transparent film to see if that holds up longer. It should, but I'm a little worried about it melting.
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
You should just get a new one mailed to you... Instead of dealing with all that bs lol
[HTC Rezound] jmorton10:
no guaranty the new one won't be worse.
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
Well after a couple weeks since the last time I colored my LED's, they had once again gone back to the pink that they were when I first got the phone. Sick and tired of this, I finally caved and bought a sheet of 5 mil thick red transparency film.

I carefully trimmed the film with tiny scissors and placed it into the parts of the bezel where the plastic light "transmitters" are and reassembled the phone. FINALLY, I have nice dark red buttons that should last for the life of the phone (pending the LEDs don't melt the film).

Unfortunately, I manage to break one of the wires on my vibrator motor while performing this surgery, so I have lost all my haptic feedback and such. But I placed an order for a new motor online for $5 and hopefully it will just be plug and play.

If any of you other guys are having this same trouble with the sharpie trick, hit up amazon for some transparent red film and fix your troubles permanently!

I'll update in a couple weeks to let you all know if it's holding up better than the sharpie did.
[HTC Rezound] Naisaelee21:
I just covered my leds with red plastic film n they have been red for the past 2 months its ghetto but it worked lol no Sharpie either
[HTC Rezound] dogredwing1:
my Rezound is ghetto as hell 3 dark red buttons and the search bottom is pink as hell!!
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
Lol.
[HTC Rezound] derek4484:
The only way to get true red is to have red LED's. I used to be in the sign business for a while and whenever we wanted red letters always have to use red light source and red vinyl lettering. If you use a white light behind red lettering, no matter how dark red the lettering is, you always end up with pink. Its just how it is. The only way to truly fix it permanently is to solder in red LED's as the OP did.
[HTC Rezound] mighty_markus12:
well maybe htc and verizon should take note and start doing this on the defective phones that get returned. im sure not going to attempt this.
[HTC Rezound] killahrey:
I thought it was weird that my newer rezound had white LED's under the digitizer. My old S-OFF dev rezound had red LED's and looked far better then the one I currently have.

Im going to get some leds, and do it myself :D

Ill just steal the LED's from my ps3 controller lol, dont have to buy any. Ive replaced tons of smd's on my ps3 controllers and on my friends controllers, nothing new to me.
[HTC Rezound] joecoolinatl:
Never really paid attn to my rezound's buttons color, just looked, all 4 are still veryyyyyyyyyy red. picked it up in Nov. When I tilt the phone at an angle while the leds are on, you can see they are white, but maybe it's the film/coloring process HTC uses and some didn't get enough dye? who knows
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
home and search are dark red. menu and back are a little lighter. i hate how much they bleed onto the screen. not that noticable but i notice everything sadly...
[HTC Rezound] krelvinaz:
The Search button is a user based mood indicator.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
i havent touched my ps3 since last year. might do this my self if i build up enough courage
[HTC Rezound] alphabets:
got around to doing the "sharpie" method today. could not have come out better!! i was a nervous wreck doing it but just take your time. the led's now shine a nice deep red...no hint of pink whatsoever! i even managed to get the tiny void sticker back on without damaging it (used the point of a safety pin to get it off/on). took about 1/2 hour from start to finish...and that was taking my time and applying 2 coats to led's and tabs.

thanks for the tutorial...could not have done it without!
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Just used scottstweaks to turn the LEDs all the way up, and they look like some breast cancer advertisement.

Maybe I can find some red gels in the booth today to try this on. :)
[HTC Rezound] dogredwing1:
to do the sharpie method do i have to take the screen out :confused:
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Yes, you have to take the phone apart.
[HTC Rezound] alphabets:
you have to take the phone apart but do not need to take out the screen. just follow the steps on page 5 and also take a look at the other thread about taking the rezound apart. That guide also has a youtube vid that is helpful.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Just did the Sharpie way.

It..... is....... AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Looks a sexy dark red! MUCH better than before.

I dont reccomend this to noobs though!
[HTC Rezound] alcantarvf:
can OP mod mine?

Calling OP... i live 15mins from u... I want to see if u would be interested in fixing my pink light and making some money doing so...

If yes... PM me... my forum name is alcantarvf

Thanks...
[HTC Rezound] pwrdbykyank:
i pmed you :)
[HTC Rezound] alphabets:
Update on mine.....I did the sharpie method about 2 1/2 months ago and they are still perfect! no fading or anything like that. i'm not worried if i do have to touch them up again one day, because i'm confident after doing this the 1st time, but right now the lights show no signs of needing any touching up anytime soon!
[HTC Aria Android Development] dimon2242:
LibertySense 3.5

Current Version: Alpha 1.0

Port based on No Limits™ Sense 3.5 and Hintay Zero 0.14

Working:

GSM

Not working:

GPS

Bluetooth

WI-FI

Light Sensor

USB Storage

Email app

Problems:

Curve Graphics

Download:

http://www.multiupload.com/OS1GF9H6E5

http://narod.ru/disk/32395108001/LibertySenseAlpha.zip.html

Depending on the free time I will continue to work on ROM

Thank you very much Karting06 for help in ported!
[HTC Aria Android Development] dimon2242:
!Reserved!
[HTC Aria Android Development] kevina90:
Great work. Do you mind if I work on your ROM a bit? I'll be sure to give credit to you for the things I use from your ROM.
[HTC Aria Android Development] dimon2242:
Of course do not mind!
[HTC Aria Android Development] orb3000:
Done
[HTC Aria Android Development] themacman1000:
Wow!

Is there any SD card corruption that has occurred for any of you? I just wanna know before I try it. Thanks and congrats to all the devs for getting it to boot!

Sent from my HTC Intruder
[HTC Aria Android Development] zhuoyang:
I fixed the sensor

http://www.multiupload.com/KMFIDPALD0
[HTC Aria Android Development] Theonew:
It loads all files on your SD card but it takes quite a while.
[HTC Aria Android Development] WithAria:
Working:

Boots up (takes a lil time - dalvik wipe)

Phone

Music

Gallery

Lockscreen (including customization)

Mobile Network (2G)

Browser

Calendar, clock

Not Working:

Wifi

Bluetooth

GPS

Frequent FC from mail

On call, the speaker, mic both doesnt work

Partially Working:

Camera - the app opens up but looks like its with some blue lomo filter. When capture a pic, a white screen shows up instead of the preview but actually the pic is stored in the SD card

Camcorder - same as the camera app

Available space after fresh instal: 93MB

Hope this helps a bit.
[HTC Aria Android Development] dimon2242:
i fixed email app...

Fix adreno in process...
[HTC Aria Android Development] nuttkrakk:
The screen redraws are fragmented, flicker, shift. But kudos, it's a nice start.
[HTC Aria Android Development] gm_vel:
Hi guys thank you for the sense rom release! what is the status of the working condition of

GPS

Bluetooth

WI-FI

Light Sensor

USB Storage

Email app

Is that any improvement in this????
[HTC Aria Android Development] Theonew:
Light sensor, USB storage and the email app work, but the other things on your list don't work (yet).
[HTC Aria Android Development] bigfoot7375:
Thank you very much for doing this work!

Hopefully you'll succeed (we all full of hope...)
[HTC Aria Android Development] Karting06:
Great work !

For the wifi, search a phone with the same Wifi driver and sense 3.5 and then it must work (I hope for you :D)
[HTC Aria Android Development] gm_vel:
Hi Guys what is the status of the ROM now any improvement!!!
[HTC Aria Android Development] gm_vel:
How many of u guys working on this?
[HTC Aria Android Development] themacman1000:
Dude, give it some time. :P

Sent from my HTC Intruder
[HTC Aria Android Development] kevina90:
seriouslly dude? If you didn't know, wer're people too and we have lives. Some of us go to school(me) and some of us go to work. We aren't getting paid for doing this.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Theonew:
^What he said^ :cool:.
[HTC Aria Android Development] bigfoot7375:
You're not getting paid, But your work is much appriciated! :)
[HTC Aria Android Development] RichAHicks:
I appreciate the work that you and others are doing!

I'm pretty happy with Gene Poole's Liberated Aria 2.2.2, but i'm glad you continue to work on ROMs for this phone.

Thanks.
[HTC Aria Android Development] zyo:
Great, another Aria port that will never become usable.....
[HTC Aria Android Development] n5kjb:
My personal opinion!! Little harsh, I would think. All these devs work very hard and just because you don't get what you want, why give them a hard time?